Hearing Sonny Rollins live... that was really amazing. There were so many things that really blew me away at that time [of schooling].

Everybody wants the quick fix, but it doesn't happen overnight. You have to be willing to put it out there. I call it 'the secret to being an overnight success,' which means there really isn't a such thing as an overnight success. ! The secret is you work really hard for 10 years, and then you become an overnight success.

When you believe, the impossible becomes possible. What you believe will become what is true. Your optimism today will determine your level of success tomorrow. Don’t look at your challenges; look up and look out into the future. Don’t focus on your circumstances. Focus on the right beliefs that will help you build your success.

Sense of community was really fostered by Larry Laurenzano, who was a great educator.

You can’t be a great leader if all you are serving is yourself.

I think we're in a time and place, the last 20 plus years, and certainly now, it's only more so, where it's just about us creating a body of work. Creating hopefully our own scene.

We often have to lose what we thought we wanted to find what God wants for us